(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for Condor Legion service featuring four decorations, including:
1. A Spanish Order of Military Merit, I Class Cross, constructed of gilded bronze with multi-coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms, overlaid by a central enameled disc bearing a Castilian coat of arms, the twelve o’clock arm topped by a crown and loop connecting to a period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 34.23 mm (w) x 47.52 mm (h), demonstrating minor flecking of enamels, in near extremely fine condition.
2. A Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939, constructed of gilded and patinated bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 36.27 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.
3. A Wehrmacht 4-Year Long Service Award, constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Luftwaffe device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT” (“FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT”), the reverse bearing a wreathed number “4”, unmarked, measuring 30.00 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
4. An Anschluss Medal, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central date of “13. MÄRZ 1938”, circumscribed by an inscription of “EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER” (“ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE LEADER”), unmarked, measuring 32.14 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.
All suspended from 120 mm zink bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool liner, unmarked, minor soiling and wear is visible to the ribbons, with additional mothing and deterioration visible to the reverse liner that reveals First World War-period ribbons (including the Oldenburg Friedrich August Cross) indicating possible padding with surplus materials or reuse of a disassembled bar, in overall very fine condition.